Surreal Underwater Oil Portrait of a Balinese Nude, ‘Deep Smile’

Retreating to the ocean depths, a young woman arranges her hair as she seeks a semblance of normalcy. Sunbeams penetrate the depths like spotlights, playing across her nude contours, and exotic fish swim to and fro. Odong Junaidi paints the beautiful portrait in lucid oils. “Keeping life balanced and keeping our smile, even though sometimes we have to force it, is my theme,” he says.